Darla Cozzarelli

Darla Cozzarelli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA LCSW 127660) practicing in California with three years of clinical experience. She earned her degree from the University of Southern California and draws on a foundation in community mental health to guide her work.

Her background includes supporting people healing from trauma, navigating homelessness, and managing co-occurring conditions such as substance use, psychotic, and mood disorders. She has worked with individuals from many different backgrounds and aims to respect each person’s unique story and strengths.

Alongside professional training, Darla brings personal lived experience to therapy. As someone who was adopted and who has faced mental health challenges herself, she incorporates that perspective into the therapeutic relationship and uses it to inform compassionate, authentic care.

Darla practices in a person-centered, trauma-informed way that emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and respect. She uses evidence-based methods including cognitive behavioral therapy, Seeking Safety, motivational interviewing, and task-centered therapy to support insight and gradual change at each client’s pace.

She has developed skills in crisis intervention and treatment planning to help clients stabilize during acute situations while also working toward sustainable healing. Darla has supported people through trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, low self-esteem, and addiction, and she strives to create a safe, affirming space for growth.

Darla seeks to walk alongside clients with curiosity and commitment, offering practical guidance and steady support as they work toward their goals. Please note: she does not provide crisis or emergency services. If you are in crisis, call 911 or 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).